Youth from SC/ST community to get rebate for putting up Industries in state: CM

Ranchi: Assuring all possible help to the youth hailing from tribal, dalit and backward communities Chief Minister Raghubar Das has said that youth from the ST-SC community who would be setting up industries in the state they would be provided a rebate.

Lalu Prasad gets bail in fodder scam case

Ranchi (IANS) The Jharkhand High Court on Friday granted bail to RJD chief Lalu Prasad in a fodder scam case related to fraudulent withdrawal of funds from the Deoghar treasury, however, he will remain in jail in two other cases related to the scam.

Maoists set vehicles ablaze in Latehar

Ranchi (IANS) Maoists on Friday set ablaze 16 vehicles at a railway siding and also assaulted six labourers in Jharkhand's Latehar district, according to police.

The Maoists who carried out the arson belonged to the Jharkhand Janmukti Parisad,…

Nearing completion Swachh Bharat sees cut in allocation: Official

New Delhi (IANS) Governments much publicised Swachh Bharat Mission aiming to enhance the level of sanitation in India and make the country open defecation free (ODF) seems to be on its way out making way as other important schemes on solid waste…

Swarup moved to Delhi as Indo-Canadian ties remain frosty

New Delhi (IANS) Author-diplomat Vikas Swarup, India's current High Commissioner to Canada, has been appointed as Secretary in the Consular, Passport, Visa and Overseas Indian Affairs division, with effect from August 1.

According to a…

Karnataka BJP awaits SC ruling on rebel MLAs' plea

Bengaluru (IANS) The opposition BJP is awaiting a Supreme Court ruling on the petitions of the 10 rebel Congress-JD-S MLAs and the Karnataka Assembly Speaker on their resignations for its next move against the coalition government in the 10-day monsoon…

Extensive repair work on Taj Mahal minar begins

Agra (IANS) The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has begun extensive repair work on one of the four minarets of the iconic 17th century monument of love, the Taj Mahal.

The ASI has undertaken the exercise after reports of damage and…

Jharkhand demands five new degree colleges

Ranchi: Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting with Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri.

In the meeting, the chief minister urged to provide funds for…

Mob lynching: Tabrez Ansari died due to brain hemorrhage

Ranchi, July 11 (IANS) Tabrez Ansari, who was brutally thrashed on suspicion of having stolen a bike, died due to brain hemorrhage, according to the post-mortem report.

According to police sources, the post-mortem report submitted by the doctors…

Indian forces can handle Al Qaeda threat: MEA

New Delhi (IANS) India on Thursday dismissed Al Qaeda chief Ayman Al-Zawahiri's appeal to the 'mujahideen' in Kashmir to rain "unrelenting" blows on the Indian Army, saying the UN proscribed terrorist had been issuing such threats…